Entertainment (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note
Exam code: 8652
Written by: Amy Bates
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Entertainment
To give and understand information about entertainment, you need to be able to:
use key verbs in the present tense to say what you read, watch and listen to
use different tenses to say what you have or will read, watch and listen to
use opinion phrases to discuss TV, books, films and music
use the adjective ‘favourite’ to describe TV, books, films and music
Entertainment: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases for the topic of entertainment are:
Category | French | Part of speech | English |
Music | chanson | n (f) | song |
chanteur | n (m) | singer | |
concert | n (m) | concert | |
musique | n (f) | music | |
paroles | n (fpl) | lyrics | |
radio | n (f) | radio | |
Reading | article | n (m) | article |
auteur | n (m) | author | |
journal | n (m) | newspaper | |
histoire | n (f) | story | |
livre | n (m) | book | |
personnage | n (m) | character | |
roman | n (m) | novel | |
TV | émission | n (f) | programme |
réalité | n (f) | reality | |
télévision, téle | n (f) | television, TV | |
Film | acteur | n (m) | actor |
cinéma | n (m) | cinema | |
film | n (m) | film |
Use opinion phrases to say what you like and dislike
In English we can use the -ing form of the verb or the infinitive after opinion phrases (‘I like watching’, ‘I like to watch’), but in French we always use the infinitive:
J’aime regarder la télé
I like watching TV
J’adore lire des romans
I love reading novels
Je n’aime pas écouter de la musique
I don’t like listening to music
Je déteste chanter
I hate singing
Je préfère aller au cinéma
I prefer going to the cinema
Use the adjective préféré to mean ‘favourite’, and make sure it agrees with the noun:
masculine singular | Mon acteur préféré, c’est … | My favourite actor is … |
feminine singular | Ma série préférée, c’est … | My favourite series is … |
masculine plural | Mes personnages préférés, ce sont … | My favourite characters are … |
feminine plural | Mes paroles préférées, ce sont … | My favourite lyrics are … |
Lire (to read), regarder (to watch) and écouter (to listen) are very important verbs for this topic
Use them in different tenses to talk about entertainment, and remember there are some irregular forms:
past | present | future | |
regarder | j’ai regardé | je regarde | je vais regarder |
lire | j’ai lu | je lis | je vais lire |
écouter | j’ai écouté | j’écoute | je vais écouter |
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
Category | French | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
Music | genre | n (m) | type, kind, sort | Je regarde différents genres de films. | I watch different types of films. |
rythme | n (m) | rhythm | Le rythme de cette chanson est parfait pour danser. | The rhythm in this song is perfect for dancing. | |
Reading | chapitre | n (m) | chapter | J’ai lu un chapitre avant de me coucher. | I read a chapter before going to bed. |
TV | série | n (f) | series | Il y a une nouvelle série en streaming. | There is a new series on streaming. |
Film | scène | n (f) | scene | La scène finale était triste. | The final scene was sad. |
rôle | n (m) | role | Elle va jouer le rôle principal. | She is going to play the main role. | |
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